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CVE-2021-3429 When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that…

Description

When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
cloud-init 21.2 earliest → < 21.2 21.2

Other CVEs of cloud-init

The 3 CVEs of cloud-init →
CVE-2023-1786 Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2 5.5 Medium CVE-2022-2084 Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are… 5.5 Medium
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